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Rigamajig is a comprehensive system for creative learning designed to foster creativity, collaboration, and problem-solving through hands-on STEAM projects. It engages girls and boys equally, helping address the STEM gender gap. Designed by Cas Holman and featured on Netflix.

Dozens of Rigamajig projects have already been funded through ChangeX - let's make yours next! Check out the funds in the 'FUNDING AVAILABLE' block. If you're in an eligible region, you may qualify for a Rigamajig Basic Builder Kit (265 parts, including wooden pieces, pulleys, ropes, and kid-friendly hardware; retail value $3,865), an additional $400 for your program, and an intro Zoom session ...

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Dozens of Rigamajig projects have already been funded through ChangeX - let's make yours next! Check out the funds in the 'FUNDING AVAILA...

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There is no funding available for this idea in United Kingdom, but these resources will still help to make your project happen!

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“There is so much inner dialogue that comes out while they’re working, so many ‘Ah ha’ moments,” reports Ms. Sampar. “I’ve had to learn to shut my mouth and let those conversations flow. It’s a safe place for them to struggle and overcome and figu...

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How to start a project on ChangeX

  • 1

    Create your project page

    Click the green start button to register and set up your project page. It’s quick, free and easy.

  • 2

    Complete a 30 Day Challenge

    Complete simple steps in 30 days to get your project off the ground.

  • 3

    Activate your project

    Follow the 5 Step Guide and your action plan to bring the project to life.

  • 4

    Share impact

    Share impact by posting a summary and photos and completing a survey.

Great for

  • STEM/STEAM Educators, Special Ed Educators, Career Readiness / CTE / Pre-CTE
  • Children's Museums, Libraries, Youth Organizations
  • Maker Spaces, Innovation Labs for Children
  • Children, Ages 3+

Rigamajig project essentials

5 Step Guide

  • Familiarize Yourself with Rigamajig & Assess Community Needs and Resources
  • Apply for funding via ChangeX or fundraise in your community
  • Connect with Rigamajig and Share Your Community's Potential
  • Develop an Implementation Plan
  • Meet with us via Zoom to learn more about how to best use Rigamajig!

Time

Suggested: Rigamajig Kits are intuitive for children and adults, require minimal setup time, and are easy to learn how to use. Simply provide a space for exploration and play. You can organize structured 45-90-minute classes or allow free play; it's up to you. For ideas and inspiration, check out our project plans and play prompts.

Resources

More information on how to get started and any resources shared by the Rigamajig

58 Rigamajig projects have already been started

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Meet the Social Innovator

Welcome to Rigamajig!

We're excited that you're thinking about bringing our building kit to your community. Rigamajig isn't just another toy or product—it's a way for kids to play, learn, and create without limits. We made Rigamajig because we believe kids learn best when they're free to explore and guide their own learning.

With Rigamajig, kids use real materials—wood and hardware—to build whatever they can imagine. There are no instructions or right answers—it's all about trying new ideas. Whether they're collaboratively making a huge structure or figuring out how to solve a problem they encountered, kids are learning important skills while having fun.

The best part? Watching kids work together. With materials that big, kids are naturally drawn to team up, share ideas, help each other out, and celebrate what they've built.

We'd love for you to join the Rigamajig community. Together, we can give kids a chance to learn through play and spark their curiosity.

Let's help raise a generation of kids who love to think, make, and dream big!

Cas Holman, Rigamajig Inventor, Founder of Heroes Will Rise

Frequently Asked Questions

  • Why a 30 day challenge?

    The 30 Day Challenge was developed by our Team based on our experience working with communities. We’ve learned that the first weeks are critical to build momentum and get off to a good start with any community project. Teams who complete these steps within the first month are much more likely to successfully complete their project!

    The Challenge is a series of simple steps that each applicant has to complete to get their project off the ground and unlock funding, if there is funding currently available for that idea in your region. Steps include watching a video and/or reading content, having a call with a ChangeX team member, forming a team so that you have support, having your first team meeting, sharing a team photo, and sharing a project action plan.

  • What can funding be used for?

    Once funding is received it can be used to cover direct set-up costs of the new community project. For example space rental, insurance fees, seeds and planting materials, tools, training fees; pretty much any materials you might need for a project that benefits your community.

    Funds cannot be used for the costs of work that has already been carried out, costs unrelated to the setup and maintenance of the new project, payments to group members for their work on the project. Funds can’t be used for the promotion of religious causes, non-charitable activities, sponsorship or fundraising events. Please read the terms and conditions for further details.

  • How do I know if there is funding available?

    On idea pages, if there is funding available for the idea in your region you will see “Funding available” and the region listed in the turquoise box. When you first login you will also see a green banner at the top of the screen saying “live funds near you” if there is funding available in your region. The ChangeX homepage will feature those live funds near you.

    A note on the waitlist: when all the funding has been allocated to applicants, new applicants will go on a waitlist. If some applicants that are in the fund don’t successfully complete the 30 Day Challenge their funding will be released and can be then allocated to those on the waitlist. To see if you are going on a waitlist check the main fund page, ideas fully allocated will have the note “Join the waitlist” instead of “Apply to start”.

  • What is ChangeX?

    ChangeX is a platform that connects communities to proven ideas and funding.

    By empowering local changemakers with proven ideas from social innovators and accessible funding from our partners, we aim to build healthier, more inclusive and sustainable communities. Our work is aligned to the UN Sustainable Development Goals and together with our partners, we aim to impact 1 billion people globally by 2030.

    • Communities: Get the funding, resources and support you need to start impactful projects in your community.
    • Social innovators: Connect with local changemakers, access funding to scale your idea, and impact more communities globally.
    • Funders: Fund the themes and regions they care most about, with measurable impact, and at global scale.

    We believe that by bringing the best social innovations and the world’s changemakers together in a shared community, we can accelerate the spread of innovations across the world and have a bigger impact. Together we aim to unleash the potential of changemakers by enabling collaboration, by sharing knowledge and resources, by connecting changemakers across different disciplines and innovations and by opening up access to the world’s best proven social innovations to everyone.

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